World of Warcraft Programming: A Guide and Reference for Creating WoW Addons

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Customer Reviews:

wow [Posted on 2008-09-21]
this book is for those who are not wow savvy. If you are you are probably wasting your time. My son was not as impressed with this book as other books he has received.

Great Book [Posted on 2008-10-06]
This book was definitely worth the money. While it did not have me creating extreme UI modifications right away, it did provide the stepping stone i needed to go on and eventually learn to write bigger and better addons. The book give very useful information on Lua in general and then goes in depth to explain exactly how to program in World of Warcraft.

I would recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn to create addons. While it won't boost you to a master of creating addons, it will give you that stepping stone that has seemed to be missing since WoW's release. The API reference also helps anyone interested in writing addons, whether they be novice or master.

Warcraft addon begginer [Posted on 2008-10-08]
I am new to writing addons, some programming experience, and this book was very helpful in getting an understanding of the system. It has helped me write my first simple addon. More to come with experience.

Extremely fun! [Posted on 2008-10-28]
Programming in WoW is extremely fun; takes me back to the old days of learning a new programming language for the first time. I have also missed Waite Group Press and glad to see they are making a comeback (still love their unmatched use of high-quality thin paper). This book starts off by giving the reader access to a custom WoW plugin called WoWLua, which is a LUA editor that works right inside WoW itself. There is also a larger addon environment/IDE for working with graphics, etc, right inside WoW. So, to answer the most common question, you don't need to shut down WoW and restart it every time you make changes to your scripts! I am an instructor who is using this book for a LUA programming class and enjoying it very much.

Good book to learn WoW Addon programming [Posted on 2008-11-22]
I enjoyed this book and it helped give me the basics to lua and wow programming. It takes you through several helpful addon examples that I now use after some minor customizations.

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